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Show J...I N...IM llslsoco. It Is well known that must animals, quadrupeds, am natural swimmers, but 1 know of nn cxceptlcn which la ns well nuthcutlcatisl us It Is 'CiilLar. A gentlemen gen-tlemen ut uur neighborhood 1ml n foxhound fox-hound which wns mortally afraid of deep water mid could awlm but a few stroke. Hla head would Imariubly go down and Ills liliiluartersup, wh-11 ho would liaiu to lie rescued. A frlefid who well know the dew's falllog tunlon bit with tho owner that the iiuiortu-nato iiuiortu-nato beast could not swim across a, good sized stream wlilelt thoyliail to irow. When the ttako was put up the proprietor of tho phenomenon calmly attached n good slial stone to tho canine's ca-nine's tall, and with equilibrium thus restored In thla novel maimer ho sua-eoistully sua-eoistully swam tho stream with henl and shoulders triumphantly iiolsed, winning tho wager fur lib) Ingenious master. 1'orcst uud Btream. |